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She's My Best Friend...Am I Hers?

Hi Rachel, There's this girl that I've been friends with for several years and I've always considered her as my best friend. Lately, though, she hasn't really been acting like a friend. She has been...
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Should I Go Further With My Boyfriend?

Dear Rachel, I've been dating this guy (who is at school year above mine) for just over a month. In the space of roughly 3 weeks, we've done quite a lot and now when I...
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Is it Too Late to Apologize?

Hi Rachel, I started college last year and met my friend who quickly became a best friend. The problem is that later on in the year a third friend popped up to make a threesome...
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Video: How to Tell Your BFF to Stop Texting So Much

Watch the first episode of Rachel's new video series, BFF 2.0, and find out how to tell your friends to tone down the texting while you're hanging out....
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I Like a Guy Who is of a Different Race – and My Parents Don't Approve

Hi Rachel,I have had a few boyfriends and all of them were white and they were all jerks. They treated me really bad and they never worked out and I got my heart broken. There...
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My Friend and I Want the Same Guy!

Dear Rachel,A few weeks ago my friend and I were talking about cute guys from this other school. Little did we know, we were talking about the same guy. Not long after, unbelievably, the guy...
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Talk Back: Is it Fair to "Put Dibs" on a Guy?

Is it fair to "put dibs" on a guy? A few weeks ago this girl told me that she was in a huge fight with a friend because she supposedly acted interested in a...
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My Best Friend is My Bully

Hi Rachel, There is a girl that I was best friends ever since kindergarten.... Throughout our friendship I always felt that she would wait for a better offer to come along than me, and if...
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She's Nice to Me Online But Ignores Me at School

Dear Rachel, This popular girl that is in a few of my classes will Facebook chat me every night, and we talk and avoid our homework together. I think that we're getting closer, but...
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I Hooked Up with a Guy Who has a Girlfriend....And, Um, Who Still Has a Girlfriend

Dear Rachel, Over the summer, I hooked up with this guy a couple of times who kind of had a girlfriend but it was one of those silly relationships where they never ever see...
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How do I Improve my Reputation in High School?

Dear Rachel, I'm a freshmen this year and I was always looking forward to high school. When I was in 8th grade I started hanging out with high schoolers from freshmen all the way up...
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Why Don't Guys Like Me?

Dear Rachel, All of my friends seem to be "hooking up" or dating guys. I always seem to get passed over.  I'm so self conscious, I always think its because of my looks. But my...
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Jealousy is Ruining My Friendship

Dear Rachel,I know this girl, "Hunter," who gets absolutely everything I want. Not just material things, but the way people treat her and the boys she has dated and how beautiful and skinny she is....
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Is Your Clingy Boyfriend Insecure or Abusive?

Dear Rachel,My boyfriend is very clingy. He hates it if I even talk to another guy. Before I started dating him, my best friend was a guy. Because of him I stopped hanging with my...
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My Best Friend is Obsessed with her Boyfriend!

Dear Rachel, My best friend and I have been friends for about 6 years. She has been with her boyfriend for about a year and a half. I am really happy about the fact that...
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I've Got a Huge Crush: Should I Tell Him?

Dear Rachel,I've had a huge crush on my best friend (Leo) for the past year. Last year he kind of found out because one of my best friends told him when he asked her out...
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You're Just Not That Into Her Anymore: BFF Breakups

Dear Rachel, My friend and I have been best friends for about 5 years now....The problem is, I feel like I've matured over the years and...she has not. Also, we keep having arguments over so...
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I Cheated On Him. What Do I Do Now?

Dear Rachel, I recently started college in the fall. During the summer I clicked with a guy I ignored for a long time and we became a couple before i moved to school. Recently I've...
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BFF Homewrecker

Dear Rachel,When we started school this year, my best friend, Jenny, started hanging out with Dina, the school snob. Within a week, she went from my best friend to hating even the thought of me....
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Back Off. He's Mine. Or Is He?

Dear Rachel,So there's this guy I've liked for about three years now, and we've been sorta together or best friends the whole time. But now one of my best girl friends is talking to him,...
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Who Gets Custody of the Friends After a Friend Divorce?

Dear Rachel,My two closest friends had a falling out in the beginning of the year and now refuse to even be in the same room. Each gets furious when I'm with the other, so I...
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Have Sex with Me....or Else

The Jonas Brothers have publicaly announced that they will abstain from sex until marriage.Dear Rachel,The guy I've been dating for 5 months wants to have sex. I told him no and that if he really...
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Little Miss Perfect: The Curse of the Good Girl

Are you suffering from the curse of the  good girl? Rachel Simmons reveals the  high cost of having impossible standards.Eighteen-year-old Becca* seems to have it all: Gorgeous looks, athletic skills, smarts, more friends than she...
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Three's A Crowd

Dear Rachel,I have two best friends. Even though we're all very close, two of us are both closer with the same girl. We both get jealous when the other is hanging out with our best...